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Breastfeeding in public.

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My 1st baby is now 11 weeks old. I avoid taking my baby out of the house because I'm afraid to breastfeed in public. Instead, I leave him home with daddy or grandma, while I run errands for no more than an hour since I have to return home for the next feeding. I'm sure I'm not the only 1st time mother that has this problem, but I would love to know how other mommies got over this fear. What happens if you are in a location where there is no good place to sit & discretly feed a baby?

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lol!! I was the same way until I got stuck in walmart with my son fussing up a storm because he was hungry and I was waiting on my grandmother to finish shopping! I went into the subway and fed him.. Honestly it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Most people don't even realize what you are doing anyways. I just put a blanket over him and myself and it just looked like I was rocking him to sleep HAHA! You gotta do what you gotta do.. but of course make sure you have a cover anywhere and everywhere you go just incase you are stuck in a store and can't get to your vehicle right then and there!

With my first child I would always just go to the car to feed him. I don't believe I really ever feed him out in public. I now have a second one and I think when she was 4 weeks I was feeding her out in public (with a cover of course). There was no way I would of ever done that with my first. I don't have that option with my 2nd because I need to stay and watch my son. I understand your fear and my suggestion is just go to the car and feed your baby.

I do understand the anxiety but you really need to take your baby out of the house. Just like you go out without your baby now for an hour, make sure to take your baby and be back home in time for next feeding. And there are great covers/scarfs that are meant for breastfeeding in public. They cover everything, most people (unless you are a breastfeeding mother yourself) won't even notice what's going on... :)

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